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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Jurmala Elite 16
June 1 - 5, 2022

(1) Ahmed Tijan/Cherif Younousse, Qatar

Ahmed Tijan
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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Banjul, Gambia

Height:

187 cm (6'2")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$388,100.00

Cherif Younousse Samba
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Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dakar, Senegal

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$415,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	49	Money
FIVB	74	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	1	1	0	US$762,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
Overall	75	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	1	1	1	US$762,000.00

Previous Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	10/6-10/2021	World Tour Finals - Italy	2	5th	0	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/24-8/7/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	3	3rd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	2	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	3	9th	400	US$4,000.00

Jurmala Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/2/2022	Pool A	Guto Carvalhaes / Alison Cerutti, Brazil (9)	Lost 22-20, 18-21, 11-15	0:55
Thu, 6/2/2022	Pool A	Vitor Felipe / Renato Lima, Brazil (8)	Won 21-14, 24-22	0:40
Fri, 6/3/2022	Pool A	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (16, Q6)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:36
Sat, 6/4/2022	Winner 1	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (15, Q4)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:41
Sat, 6/4/2022	Semi-Finals	Kusti Nolvak / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (11)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:30
Sun, 6/5/2022	Gold Medal	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (13, Q1)	Lost 21-16, 25-27, 12-15	0:56

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$128,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	4	3	2	0	12	0	4	4	1	0	0	$385,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	3	4	2	0	4	0	8	0	5	0	0	$203,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$9,500.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	75	8	7	6	2	18	1	16	4	10	0	0	$762,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ahmed Tijan												Cherif Younousse
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$18,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$32,500.00
5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00
33	4	3	2	0	12	8	1	0	0	$192,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	4	3	2	0	12	9	1	1	0	$198,500.00
35	3	4	2	0	4	8	7	1	0	$103,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	4	4	2	0	4	9	7	5	0	$112,450.00
11	1	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$8,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
91	8	9	6	2	20	21	12	1	0	$388,100.00	Total	97	9	7	6	2	20	26	13	7	0	$415,900.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2018	FIVB	14	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	5	0	1	$70,500.00	35	21	62.5 %
2019	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	3	0	0	$73,000.00	28	21	57.1 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2021	FIVB	10	2	4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$115,000.00	44	15	74.6 %
2022	FIVB	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$60,500.00	13	6	68.4 %
Total	FIVB	42	3	5	4	0	8	0	11	0	9	0	2	$322,000.00	121	66	64.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ahmed Tijan													Cherif Younousse
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$9,800.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$1,600.00	2016	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$9,900.00
7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$4,050.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	$14,150.00
15	0	0	2	0	4	3	5	0	1	$36,700.00	2018	FIVB	15	0	0	2	0	3	4	5	0	1	$36,300.00
12	0	0	1	0	2	6	3	0	0	$36,500.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	2	6	3	0	0	$36,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
10	2	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$57,500.00	2021	FIVB	10	2	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$57,500.00
4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$30,250.00	2022	FIVB	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$30,250.00
59	3	7	4	0	9	12	11	1	12	$168,100.00	Total	Total	65	4	5	4	0	9	17	12	7	7	$195,900.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	154	72.0%	29	13.6%	31	14.5%	183-31	85.5%	42	34.1%	19	15.4%	62	50.4%	42-81	34.1%	154-62	71.3%	71-50	58.7%	1	4	226-116	66.1%
2021-2022	60	77.9%	8	10.4%	9	11.7%	68-9	88.3%	9	31.0%	5	17.2%	15	51.7%	9-20	31.0%	60-15	80.0%	17-14	54.8%	0	0	77-29	72.6%
Against the Field	31	72.1%	3	7.0%	9	20.9%	34-9	79.1%	9	23.7%	9	23.7%	20	52.6%	9-29	23.7%	62-38	62.0%	24-36	40.0%	0	1	43-38	53.1%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	11	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	14	11
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	56	26	0	0	19	18	7	2	2	0	4	3	94	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	35	18	1	0	32	17	7	2	2	0	3	4	81	43
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	6
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	7	3	129	52	1	0	60	45	15	8	6	2	8	7	226	117

Head to Head Results
Tijan/Younousse lead the series against the field 27-15 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 3-4
3/27/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Gold Medal	Tijan/Younousse	1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	21-17, 21-15	0:41
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Tijan/Younousse	2	21-16, 21-18	0:34
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13	21-17, 21-16	0:38
8/5/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Bronze Medal	Tijan/Younousse	24, Q5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	25-23, 17-21, 15-12	0:57
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Tijan/Younousse	22	22-20, 21-16	0:34
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Tijan/Younousse	15	21-13, 21-15	0:30
3/9/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Semi-Finals	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Tijan/Younousse	8	22-20, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 5 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-1
10/9/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	8	Tijan/Younousse	2	21-19, 15-21, 16-14	0:51
5/30/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	4	Varenhorst/van de Velde	14	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:45
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	3	Varenhorst/van de Velde	11	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Mol/Sorum, Norway 2-4
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	3	Tijan/Younousse	2	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:53
4/26/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Tijan/Younousse	10	21-18, 21-18	0:44
4/20/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Tijan/Younousse	17	21-19, 22-20	0:42
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	23, Q2	Tijan/Younousse	18	21-14, 21-10	0:30
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	8	Mol/Sorum	19	18-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:50
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	8	Mol/Sorum	9	21-23, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 7 Brunner/Schalk, United States 1-0
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	17	Brunner/Schalk	31, Q17	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 8 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 1-0
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Felipe/Lima	8	21-14, 24-22	0:40
Trail the series against # 9 Carvalhaes/Cerutti, Brazil 0-2
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool A	Carvalhaes/Cerutti	9	Tijan/Younousse	1	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
5/26/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool B	Carvalhaes/Cerutti	10	Tijan/Younousse	2	27-25, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 2-0
6/4/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	21-11, 21-14	0:30
5/26/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	7	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Tijan/Younousse	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
6/5/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Gold Medal	Cottafava/Nicolai	13, Q1	Tijan/Younousse	1	16-21, 27-25, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 14, Q2 Seidl/Waller, Austria 2-0
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Seidl/Waller	16, Q8	21-13, 21-16	0:33
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool H	Tijan/Younousse	8	Seidl/Waller	25, Q3	22-20, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 15, Q4 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 1-0
6/4/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	1	Ehlers/Wickler	15, Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 16, Q6 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 3-0
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Berntsen/Mol	16, Q6	22-20, 21-12	0:36
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q8	21-17, 21-15	0:36
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Berntsen/Mol	20	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # Q3 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 4-3
4/19/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	17	Ermacora/Pristauz	23, Q2	21-17, 21-18	0:36
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	19	Ermacora/Pristauz	32	21-13, 21-16	0:41
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	28, Q9	Tijan/Younousse	4	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:43
8/4/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	24, Q5	Ermacora/Pristauz	31	21-13, 21-13	0:38
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Tijan/Younousse	23, Q5	Ermacora/Pristauz	Q21	21-18, 21-19	0:35
6/20/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 2	Ermacora/Pristauz	29, Q16	Tijan/Younousse	Q1	23-21, 21-17	0:36
2/22/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	12	Tijan/Younousse	3	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # Q5 Bourne/Crabb, United States 2-0
5/27/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	2	Bourne/Crabb	15, Q9	23-21, 16-21, 16-14	0:56
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool G	Tijan/Younousse	7	Bourne/Crabb	10	21-16, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q9 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 2-0
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	2	Haussener/Metral	31	21-11, 21-14	0:34
2/26/21	FIVB	Doha 1 Star	Gold Medal	Tijan/Younousse	1	Haussener/Metral	2	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q12 Fokerots/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Fokerots/Tocs	24, Q12	20-22, 28-26, 18-16	1:01